Ramona outdoor play will open 33rd year on April 23
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Valley Times Photo Collection
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This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph article dated April 6, 1960 partially reads, “Situated in a fertile valley surrounded on three sides by high peaks, Hemet - which means 'box' in Indian - had the dubious distinction of being the terminal point for the branch railroad. While other Southern California communities were booming, one Hemet chamber member summed up things with... 'Our sequestered position has doomed our town to abnormal growth.' This problem and the solution that was found for it puts the coming 33rd season of the famed Ramona Outdoor Play in a more important role than entertainment. The pageant has played a key role economically - as well as culturally - in the development of the valley. In the 32 years the play has been staged, more than 700,000 visitors have flocked into Hemet and San Jacinto during Ramona time. The community has become world-famous and an historical landmark in California." Photograph caption reads, "Directing the Ramona Play for his eighth consecutive year is Ralph Freud, above, with part of the 350-member cast. Hacienda was specially built for play and in natural surroundings audience can plainly see the stage." Buick dealers of Southern California supplied the brand new 1960 Buick Invicta custom convertible pictured in this photograph.; See image #00132071 for additional photo in this series.
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image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
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